CVE-2008-2009

Xiph.org libvorbis before 1.0 does not properly check for underpopulated Huffman trees, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted OGG file that triggers memory corruption during execution of the _make_decode_tree function.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/30247	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-861-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444443	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42521	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30247	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0271.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020029	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-861-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1510/references	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=444443	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42521	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:beta4::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:xiph.org:libvorbis:1.0:rc2::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2008-05-16 12:54

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30

NVD link : CVE-2008-2009

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2009

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-2009

JSON object : View

Products Affected

canonical

ubuntu_linux

xiph.org

libvorbis

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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